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Artist Interviews
Q&A: Quad Throw Salchow
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 11 August 2009
It’s long been a faux pas to mention the number of friends a band has on MySpace, but I think it’s still worth noting that Quad Throw Salchow have none. Not one. If you want to connect with them, you’ll have to go to a gig, because they’re giving nothing up any other way. The mysterious trio of K Doyle (bass), JG Drake (synths) and O (vocals) released their debut single, ‘The Unwelcome Guest’ in October 2007. It took until July this year for the follow-up, ‘Chrome September’, to surface. Although the wait for the next release won’t be so long, with their eponymous debut album, a collision of krautrock, electronica and post-punk, released on 17 Aug via Tummy Touch. We spoke to the disembodied voice of the band to find out more.
Q1 How did you start out making music?
JG and K have been friends since their teens, O met JG through a common friend a couple of years ago. JG and K have made music together on an off for a while, they called on O to join in about three years ago. We got together to have fun and experiment with the freedom music offers you.
Q2 What inspired your latest album?
Our lives. There are three of them, that makes up one deep rich bag to plunge in for inspiration!
Q3 What process do you go through in creating a track?
JG and K work out the musical ideas and then O adds vocals and lyrics. We keep it raw and spontaneous to the extreme. An approach and process not unlike the “automatic writing” favoured by the Surrealist movement. We break with convention by keeping away, as much as possible, from any rational process.
Q4 Which artists influence your work?
We have a wide range of influences, it’d be impossible to list them all, and it’d be unfair if we skipped one.
Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
Strip off… your mind.
Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future?
To touch people’s fragile sides. We want to come closer to the people by playing more gigs, and we’d like the muses to keep inspiring us.
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